Objective-C

Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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Creates a new Google task and inserts it onto a task list. Objective-C

#import <CkoFileAccess.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoDateTime.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

BOOL success = NO;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// Get the previously obtained access token.
// See Get Google Tasks Access Token.

CkoFileAccess *fac = [[CkoFileAccess alloc] init];
NSString *accessToken = [fac ReadEntireTextFile: @"qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt" charset: @"utf-8"];
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

http.AuthToken = accessToken;

// Create a new task.
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"title" value: @"Go to grocery store"];
[json UpdateString: @"notes" value: @"Don't forget to buy apples."];

// The due date of a task is specified as a RFC 3339 timestamp.  It is optional.
CkoDateTime *due = [[CkoDateTime alloc] init];
[due SetFromCurrentSystemTime];
[due AddDays: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 3]];
[json UpdateString: @"due" value: [due GetAsTimestamp: NO]];

// Insert this task onto the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
[http SetUrlVar: @"tasklist" value: @"MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow"];

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpJson: @"POST" url: @"https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks" json: json contentType: @"application/json" response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Show the response body.
NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);

// Examine the response status code.
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code: ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);

// Sample response:
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

// {
//  "kind": "tasks#task",
//  "id": "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoxMTg0MzQxMTkzMjM2MDY1",
//  "etag": "\"84_7Cubo3y98GMV9bE3zQclHxhc/MTU1MjQzNDIwMQ\"",
//  "title": "Go to grocery store",
//  "updated": "2019-04-04T17:59:15.000Z",
//  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow/tasks/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoxMTg0MzQxMTkzMjM2MDY1",
//  "position": "00000000002147483647",
//  "notes": "Don't forget to buy apples.",
//  "status": "needsAction",
//  "due": "2019-04-07T00:00:00.000Z"
// }
// 
// response status code: 200
//